Judson Caskey Wins Zephyr Prize and Best Discussion Award

His was first honored at the 2014 Review of Accounting Studies (RAST) Conference where he received the Morgan Stanley Best Discussion Award for his talk on Yu Hou’s (Toronto) research “The Role of Diversification in the Pricing of Accruals Quality.”

Judson’s paper co-written with N. Bugra Ozel (UCLA) “Reporting and Non-Reporting Incentives in Leasing: Evidence from the Airline Industry,” won the Zephyr Prize at the 27th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference. The Zephyr Prize is awarded to the best Corporate Finance paper, a high honor considering the conference is one the most prestigious finance conferences in the Asia-Pacific region.

Donna Johnston-Blair Honored by HBSA

Lecturer Donna Johnston-Blair was honored at the 2014 Hispanic Business Students Association's Annual Professor Appreciation Dinner. Of the many events hosted by the HBSA each year, the Faculty Appreciation Dinner aims to give members the opportunity to build positive student-teacher relationships with their professors.

Established in 1976, the Hispanic Business Student Association is committed to bringing out the best in its members and preparing them for success in the corporate world.

Bob George Chairs Conference with Record Attendance

Lecturer Bob George served as the chairman of the AICPA National Oil & Gas Conference held November 18-19th in Denver, Co. The conference, co-sponsored by the Professional Development Institute(PDI), enjoyed record attendance this year as CPAs and finance professionals gathered to learn about the financial, legislative and political issues facing the oil and gas industry.

As Director of Energy Programs & Conference for PDI, Bob also co-chaired the National Oil & Gas Royalty Conference in Houston in November. According to PDI, the National Oil & Gas Conference is recognized as one of the best places “to obtain information about rules, regulations, court decisions, activities of various organizations and current practices and developments that assure participants an up-to-date understanding of royalty determination and payment.”

Since 1973, PDI has provided education, information and training at the University of North Texas.

Accounting Faculty Honored at AAA Annual Meeting

Our faculty shined at this year’s American Accounting Association’s (AAA) annual Meeting, held in Atlanta, Ga. Bill Kinney, Lisa Koonce and Lillian Mills were all honored for their achievements in accounting education and research.

Our faculty shined at this year’s American Accounting Association’s (AAA) annual Meeting, held in Atlanta, Ga. Bill Kinney, Lisa Koonce and Lillian Mills were all honored for their achievements in accounting education and research.

The Ohio State University honored Bill Kinney’s contributions to the field of accounting, inducting him into The Accounting Hall of Fame. An exemplary researcher and revered mentor to students and colleagues, Professor Kinney has led in the development of research on auditing and related accounting phenomena for almost fifty years. His research brought new vitality and scholarly interest to a key domain of the accounting profession.

The Accounting Hall of Fame was established at The Ohio State University in 1950 for the purpose of honoring accountants who have made or are making significant contributions to the advancement of accounting since the beginning of the 20th century.

John Robinson, the C. Aubrey Smith Professor of Accounting, was announced as President-elect of the American Taxation Association (ATA), the esteemed and long-standing tax section of the AAA. He begins his term officially next August 2015 and will serve through 2015-2016, hosting the ATA mid-year meeting. John is a thought leader in tax education and respected throughout the accounting research community as a scholar and doctoral mentor. As President, John will enjoy even stronger relationships with key stakeholders, and lead the association to continued excellence in research and teaching.

AAA also honored Lillian Mills, Accounting Department Chair and Wilton E. and Catherine A. Thomas Professor of Accounting, with the Ray M. Sommerfeld Outstanding Tax Educator Award. This award was given in recognition of her contributions to both research and education, specifically noting her lengthy list of publications, strong relationship with the IRS and other governmental groups, and her history of service to the academic community.

Ray M. Sommerfeld served as a faculty member at McCombs for 30 years and was also a founding member of the American Tax Association (ATA). Established to recognize, honor and reward outstanding contributions by a faculty member teaching taxation, the Sommerfeld Award was created by the ATA in remembrance of Ray and the innovations he brought to taxation education.

Professor Lisa Koonce, Deloitte and Touche Endowed Chair in Accounting, received the 2014 AAA Innovation in Accounting Education Award for her work with a task force to develop a visual representation of accounting. Working with a visualization expert, the task force explored society’s perceptions of accounting versus the task force member’s actual experiences in accounting. From this and the input of others, they created a poster describing the importance of accounting to all aspects of business.

The Innovation in Accounting Education Award is intended to encourage innovation and improvement in accounting education by recognizing significant programmatic changes or a significant activity, concept, or set of educational materials. Winners receive $5,000, funded by the Ernst & Young Foundation, announcement of the award in the Fall Accounting Education News and the winning innovation will be eligible for publication in Issues in Accounting Education as a scholarly article.

Two McCombs Ph.D. graduates, Jennifer Brown, Ph.D. '08, and Lisa De Simone, Ph.D. '13, were recognized for outstanding papers. Brown, currently an assistant professor at Arizona State University, was awarded the ATA Tax Manuscript Award for her January 2011 paper, "The Spread of Aggressive Corporate Tax Reporting: A Detailed Examination of the Corporate-owned Life Insurance Shelter," published in The Accounting Review. The paper is based on her dissertation, chaired by Robinson. De Simone, currently an assistant professor at Stanford, received the ATA/PWC Outstanding Dissertation Award and the Outstanding International Accounting Dissertation Award given by the International Accounting Section of the AAA for her paper chaired by Mills, "Does a Common Set of Accounting Standards Affect Tax-Motivated Income Shifting for Multinational Firms?”

Bill Kinney Inducted into OSU's Accounting Hall of Fame

Our own Bill Kinney has been inducted into The Ohio State University's Accounting Hall of Fame this Monday during the American Accounting Association's 2014 Annual Meeting. The Hall of Fame has been recognizing giants in accounting since 1950.

Our own Bill Kinney has been inducted into The Ohio State University's Accounting Hall of Fame this Monday during the American Accounting Association's 2014 Annual Meeting. The Hall of Fame has been recognizing giants in accounting since 1950.

The Accounting Hall of Fame was established at The Ohio State University in 1950 for the purpose of honoring accountants who have made or are making significant contributions to the advancement of accounting since the beginning of the 20th century. Through 2013, 91 leading accountants from the United States and other countries have been elected to the Hall of Fame.

While selection to the Hall of Fame is intended to honor the people so chosen, it is also intended to be a recognition of distinguished service contributions to the progress of accounting in any of its various fields. Evidence of such service includes contributions to accounting research and literature, significant service to professional accounting organizations, wide recognition as an authority in some field of accounting, advancement of accounting education, and public service. A member must have reached a position of eminence from which the nature of his or her contributions may be judged.

Elections to the Hall of Fame are made by a Board of Nominations consisting of up to 50 eminent accountants from each of the following three groups: public accountants, educators, and industrial and governmental accountants. The presentation of the certificate usually takes place at the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association.